Nepal take on Papua New Guinea in UAE Series opener
Nepal, sixth in the seven-team ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, will play an one-day international match for the first time under Sandeep Lamichhane’s captaincy today.
KATHMANDU, March 1: Former captain of the Nepali national cricket team, Sandeep Lamichhane has flown to the UAE for tomorrow’s match under the ICC World Cup League-2 involving the UAE, Papua New Guinea and Nepal. Earlier, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) made preparations to send Lamichhane to the UAE by this evening.
KATHMANDU: After winning the toss in a match against Papua New Guinea in the UAE, Nepal has decided to bowl first. Nepal is playing against Papua New Guinea in the UAE as part of the ICC World Cup League-2 triangular ODI series. After winning the toss at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Nepal’s captain Rohit […]
KATHMANDU, March 25: Rohit Kumar Poudel, a young batsman of Nepali National Cricket Team, scored a century in the One Day International (ODI) series being played at Kirtipur Cricket Ground, in Kathmandu being played against Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Chasing the target of 293 given by PNG, Rohit hit a century in 91 balls which included seven force and four maximums.
With this, Rohit has become the second batsman to score a century for Nepal in ODI. Earlier. Parsa Khadka had scored a century in 2019 playing against the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
KATHMANDU, March 25: Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Thursday set a target of 293 runs for Nepal to register a win in the One Day International (ODI) series being played at Kirtipur Cricket Ground, in Kathmandu.
Invited to bat first, PNG collected 292 runs in loss of eight wickets in 50 overs.
Charles Jordan Alewa Amini, left hand batsman and an allrounder, scored the highest of 77 runs in the match, hitting six fours and one maximum. Likewise, Asad Vala, PNG captain, scored 60 runs, hitting 11 fours in 55 balls.
Nepal now requires to collect 293 runs in 50 overs game to win. Dipendra Singh Airee, Sompal Kami and Kamal Airee took 2 wickets each while Sandeep Lamichhane and Pawan Saraf took one wicket each.
Nepali Cricket Team is playing for the first time in the home ground under the captaincy of Sandeep Lamichhane today.
Earlier, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), two countries had played two ODIs and Nepal had clinched victory in both the games by two and seven wickets respectively.
KATHMANDU: Nepal is taking on UAE in an ODI tri-series under the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 today. The match between Nepal and India will be held at Dubai Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at 11:15 am. In the first match Nepal had defeated Papua New Guinea by two wickets. In […]
